κλαίω

κλαίω

[in LXX chiefly for בָּכָה ;]

of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, esp. for the dead, to weep, lament;

(a) intrans.: Mark 5,38-39; 14,72 (M, Pr., 131) Mark 16,10, Luk 7,13, 32; 7,38; 8,52, Joh 11,31, 33; 16,20; 20,11, 13; 20,15 ApG 9,39; 21,13, 1 Kor 7,30, Fil 3,18, Jak 4,9; 5,1, Åb 5,5; 18,15, 19; πολύ, Åb 5,4 πολλά, ApG 8,24 (WH, mg.); πικρῶς, Matt 26,75, Luk 22,62; opposite to γελάω, Luk 6,21, 25; χαίρω, Rom 12,15 before ἐπί, with accusative, Luk 19,41; 23,28, Åb 18,9;

(b) trans., with accusative of person(s), to weep or lament for, bewail: Matt 2,18,†

SYN.: see: δακρύω